(October-November 1944)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Format:
Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
Reprints:

Reincarnation of a Rogue (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Pen Shumaker
Inks:
Pen Shumaker
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Miss Wimshurst; Ape Larson (villain)
Synopsis:
Ape Larson, while hiding from the Police and the Sandman, picks up a book in the library on reincarnation, and, after reading it, figures that any mutt of the street could possibly be his brother. So when Ape believes, out of fear, that the Sandman is out to turn him into a monkey, he's ready and willing to confess to where he did stolen gems.

Indexer Notes

Art identifications made by Jerry Bails 2000-2-9, and confirmed to John Fallon by Gil Kane.


Ancestor Unknown (Table of Contents)

The Shining Knight / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Louis Cazeneuve
Inks:
Louis Cazeneuve
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

Stars Fell on Allie Bammer (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Emil Gershwin
Inks:
Emil Gershwin
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Starman [Ted Knight]; Alphonse Bammer; Blackie Kohl (villain)
Synopsis:
Blackie Kohl uses a meteor shower to concoct a gimmick of getting his boys into the Allie Bammer estate to rob to their hearts content, but the Astral Avenger makes them see stars in the end.
Reprints:

The Puzzle of the Tired Pigeons (Table of Contents)

Genius Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Whitney Ellsworth
Pencils:
Stan Kaye
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
teen
Characters:
Genius Jones

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich in August, 2005.


The Battle of Ti Liang (Table of Contents)

Mike Gibbs, Guerilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Edmond Good
Inks:
Edmond Good
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Mike Gibbs

Indexer Notes

Story and art credits verified by Jerry Bails.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Reincarnation of a Rogue
    The Sandman
  2. 2. Ancestor Unknown
    The Shining Knight
  3. 3. Stars Fell on Allie Bammer
    Starman
  4. 4. The Puzzle of the Tired Pigeons
    Genius Jones
  5. 5. The Battle of Ti Liang
    Mike Gibbs, Guerilla
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